Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	43.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140617
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '21 at 13:16
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% SOCKET 1150, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 97.1 1-Core 113 2-Core 216 83% 142 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 530 57% 455 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-$270 447,556 User benchmarks, average bench 100% Asus(1043 87F3) ≥ 4GB; ROG-STRIX-RTX3060- O12G-GAMING CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 471.11 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 119 Parallax 123 108% 125 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 103 Splatting 89.8 88% 111 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 240GB 86,316 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: UF2204RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 132 114 83 89 80 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 370 Write 360 Mixed 256 SusWrite 120 62% 276 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 11.7 56% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 115 DQ Write 99.9 DQ Mixed 19 38% 78.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 56%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 31GB free Firmware: X41200RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 135 113 83 82 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 425 Write 352 Mixed 170 SusWrite 107 58% 264 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 48.1 4K Mixed 27 86% 30.7 MB/s	DQ Read 386 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 111 141% 255 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 107%
Sandisk PLUS 1000GB 44,528 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 682GB free Firmware: UH5100RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 17 56 65 32 24 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 428 Write 301 Mixed 216 SusWrite 44.1 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 14.4 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 72.3 DQ Mixed 25.8 38% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 58%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 619GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 284 280 286 287 282 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 403 Write 407 Mixed 254 SusWrite 286 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 29.5 106% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 225 197% 297 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 107%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 108GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 64 62 65 65 63 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 63.1 Write 62.6 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 63.5 44% 59.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 86%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 653GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 102 104 105 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 116 Write 89.1 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 104 67% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 2400 C11 4x4GB 1,336 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.5 MC Write 31.8 MC Mixed 27.3 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 25.6 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 49.9 80% 49.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 96%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	34"	1280 720	AOC3402 U34G2G1

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Gaming 43%

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Desktop 85%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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Motherboard: Asus SABERTOOTH Z97 MARK 1 - $272

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	415x
Core i7-4790Intel $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples	85x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	58x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	77x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	60x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	49x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	37x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	31x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	25x

RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples	40x
Fury DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 54%, 77,652 samples	29x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 4x8GBKingstonBench 63%, 12,722 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16